35 cartridges, 3 pistols seized from 2 gunrunners

AHMEDABAD: Crime department officers arrested two gunrunners, Mohammed Rafik Shaikh alias Munna, resident of Chhota Udepur and Ravi Maurya of Dhar in Madhya Pradesh. Police have seized three pistols and 35 rounds of ammunition from the accused.
Additional deputy commissioner of police, crime department, Rajdeepsinh Jhala, stated they arrested both accused from Alirajpur Road near Chhota Udepur acting on a tip-off.

“During interrogation of the accused it came to mild that about six months in the past Munna had provided three pistols and cartridges to Shiva Mahalingam alias Aftab. Mahalingam was once arrested through crime department on May 1 for the homicide of one Nasir Shaikh, a tea stall owner in Fatehwadi,” Jhala stated.


Crime department officers stated Munna is a history-sheeter. “In 1998, he was once arrested for the homicide of one Javed Pirzada in Chhota Udepur and was once sentenced to life imprisonment,” an reputable stated.


He was once lodged in Vadodara Central Jail and had jumped parole several times.


“While in Vadodara jail, he met Mahalingam. They met regularly after Munna jumped parole in 2015,” the reputable stated. Munna had additionally supplied firearms and ammunition to 1 Hasam Langha of Rapar in Kutch while lodged in Bhuj jail, via his pal Manjeet alias Raja Sardarji. “While Hasam was once arrested in the case, Munna was once absconding,” stated the reputable.


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